AS A JUNIOR (2015)
Started 43 games, all at shortstop after coming back late from an injury...First-team All-MAC...MAC Defensive Player of the Year...Named to MAC All-Defensive Team as a shortstop...Academic All-MAC...Hit team-high .324 (55-170) with 21 runs, nine doubles, one triple, 16 RBI and 12 stolen bases...In MAC play, hit .346 (36-104) with 15 runs, nine RBI, five doubles and one triple...Led team in OBP (.413)...Second on team in slugging percentage (.388)...Led team in HBP (14)...Third on team in hits (55)...Had season-high nine-game hit streak (April 26-May 3)...Reached base safely in 12 straight games (April 18-May 3)...Earned three straight multi-hit games and scored run in every contest against Ball State (April 24-26)...Belted triple and scored run against Ball State (April 24)...Swiped two bags in game one of doubleheader against Cincinnati (March 14) and against Michigan (March 31)...Went 3-for-4 with one double against Northern Illinois (April 18)...Went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI against Central Michigan in the MAC Tournament (May 21)...Went 2-for-4 with two RBI against Eastern Michigan (May 14)...Named a top-10 prospect in 2015 Prospect League...Batted .291 (43-for-148) with 26 runs scored, five doubles, one triple, 15 RBI and 16 stolen bases in 39 contests for the Chillicothe Paints.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014)
Started all 54 games at shortstop...Hit team-high .306 (67-for-219) with 27 runs scored, seven doubles, one triple, 19 RBI, 18 walks and 10 stolen bases...In MAC play, batted .241 (27-for-112) with 11 runs scored, three two-base hits, one triple and 11 RBI...Hit safely in squad-best 42 games, including team-best 23 multi-hit and three multi-RBI efforts...Finished first on team in hits, multi-hit efforts and total bases (76), second in runs scored, on-base percentage (.374), thefts and hit by pitch (7), third in slugging percentage (.347), free passes and sacrifice bunts (7), tied for third in two-base hits and fifth in RBI...Hit .417 (5-for-12) in Ohio series, including 2-for-4 performance with one run scored and one RBI in finale (April 18-20)...Had career-best 13-game hit streak snapped at Northern Illinois in series finale, batting .328 (19-for-58) during this stretch (March 15-April 5)...Batted team-high .500 (5-for-10) in Kent State series, including 3-for-4 performance with one run scored and two RBI in game two of doubleheader on Saturday (March 21-22)...Posted two hits at Xavier in both games of twinbill (March 15)...Went 3-for-5 with with two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base at The Citadel (March 5)...Hit 2-for-3 with one run scored and season-high two RBI at nationally ranked College of Charleston (March 4)...Finished 4-for-7 with two RBI in two games against nationally ranked Louisville (Feb. 28-March 1)...Batted 2-for-3 at nationally ranked LSU (Feb. 21).
AS A FRESHMAN (2013)
Appeared in 53 games, making 49 starts (43 at second base, six at shortstop)...Hit .301 (52-for-173) with 30 runs scored, five doubles, one triple, 15 RBI and 10 stolen bases...In MAC play, batted .312 (29-for-93) with 18 runs scored, nine RBI and six thefts...Reached base in 44 contests, tied for third-highest total on squad, including 18 of final 19 games (April 26-May 25)...Finished first on team in sacrifice bunts (14), second in thefts, third in runs scored, tied for third in walks (18), fourth in on-base percentage (.390) and multi-hit games (15) and tied for fifth in hits...Hit safely in 34 contests, including 15 multi-hit and two multi-RBI efforts...Hit season-high 4-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI at Ball State in series finale (May 12)...Batted .500 (5-for-10) with two runs scored and two RBI in Northern Illinois series, including two hits each in final two contests (May 3-5)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored vs. Buffalo in opening round of MAC Tournament (May 22).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2012 graduate of Anthony Wayne High School … Four-year letterwinner in baseball and three years in golf…Rated 39th-best prospect in state by Ohio Prep Baseball Report...Three-time all-league…Totaled 80 stolen bases over final three seasons …Batted .420 with 44 thefts as senior…First-team all-state, league MVP, first-team all-conference and first-team all-district…Member of NABF World Series National Team … Hit .333 with 22 runs scored, 22 RBI and 13 stolen bases as junior …Also tallied .466 on-base percentage, .544 slugging percentage and perfect 1.000 fielding percentage…First-team all-league and first-team all-district…Two-time conference Golfer of the Year and two-time first-team all-district.
PERSONAL
Born Deion Michael Tansel on June 4, 1994...Parents are Scott and Tina Tansel...Has one brother, Zach...Academic All-MAC in 2015...Majoring in multi-age education.
TANSEL’S PERSONAL BESTS
Hits
   4 at Ball State (May 12, 2013)
   4 vs Central Michigan (May 22, 2015)
   3 on nine occasions
Runs
   3 on four occasions
RBI
   2 on nine occasions
